Why no Australian or Chinese teams at masters?

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karmer9

I know that Australian teams were meant to compete in champions last year, but has riot changed the qualification process in the OCE region?

What about China? I know there are Chinese teams, and tencent is Chinese too, so is there a reason for this?

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GlitchX

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OCE now APAC

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Don’t think Valorant is available in China rn

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raynexo

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correct

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swayway

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australia trash

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Skibidi

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Azzelastia

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Bros first post necroing a two years old post

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nihso

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bro mad at a 2yr old bait

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Wingull

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bro is bumping 2 year old threads 😭

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apac_enthusiast

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Valorant not released in China and Oceania teams would have to qualify via APAC slots.

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broseiden

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honest question, how is there a ranking system for china then?

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TMosura

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Because it's our own (VLR) personal ranking system, not Riot's.

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Boatify

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they play on VPNs, the game isn't officially released in china, but some risk it anyway

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Lanss

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Wait seriously? Then how are orgs investing and how are their tournaments there? Like isn’t everything technically illegal?

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TMosura

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Underground shit. But it seems they are gaining traction and support with the help of Riot/Tencent.

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Cheasle2

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i mean yeah but it's not that big of a priority for the Chinese government

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wkeyspectre

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australia got done dirty in 2021 and got smacked in 2022

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MerkFreeks

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Oceania region (australia, NZ, etc.) Are part of the APAC overall region, so thus ORDER has a spot rn in the APAC playoffs that can get them to Masters

also if Valorant isn't out in China how are there actual chinese teams and regions/tourneys?

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WinterZ

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vpns + some of them live in taiwan

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Oce only gets 1 APAC slots, shouldve had 1 more imo or have its own direct qualifier. At some point oce val will need a point to improve and gain experience at a top LAN level

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OCE gets only 1 APAC slot

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Scottyboi30

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typo oops

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alice_

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not china but theres a hk and tw challengers. just like oce, they get to play in apac challengers

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SweetyMajdoor

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probably japan, china and korea might have separate challengers then.

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Lahm

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Australia is a part of APAC, but still gets done dirty. No reason why OCE shouldn't get multiple teams. Might change when NA orgs start taking our spots for franchising but I doubt any of the OCE teams will get any chance for awhile.

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SweetyMajdoor

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Yeah kinda sad that OCE gets only 1 spot, they should atleast get 2 spots.

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Cheasle2

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AUS only had one chance last qualifier and almost made it through (close loss to a strong team)

the odds are stacked against us though (only 1 team goes to last chance compared to the 3 from every other region)